Tag Archives: Plex

Ever since I jumped on the PLEX bandwagon I have been tuning, testing, tweaking, and otherwise knob-turning to see exactly how things perform. I have built my own Internal Plex Server, tested the PLEX Cloud offering and even built a couple PLEX Virtual Private Servers. All have proven to work well in different ways. Something I also am a fan ... Read More »

I have uncovered something that some people may or may not care about, but it is worth mentioning about the fact that QNAP says they can do hardware transcoding in certain devices. In particular I purchased a TVS-671 which boasts this claim. Now I am also using Plex Media Server which currently does not take advantage of the built in ... Read More »

It finally happened. I got the email that I was chosen to participate in the Plex Cloud Beta last week. I was excited to get going even though I have had some initial issues fundamentally thinking about the storage challenges with such a deployment. I’ve moved forward with my local installation which has been working great so now it’s time ... Read More »

When I decide to jump into something those that know my know I have a saying that ‘Chris doesn’t do anything small’. I also research, plan, read, and prepare for things quite a bit. So when I decided to jump into the PLEX arena I did a lot of reading, and thinking about how I wanted to run the application. ... Read More »

So about a month ago I jumped on this bandwagon. I figured….why not. Everyone else is doing it. Not because I wanted to cut the cord. Mostly so I could enjoy my media library on multiple devices and share it with friends and family. I built a couple of test servers locally using some old NAS gear. Now, most people ... Read More »

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